We’re just a couple of weeks out from the fabulous Maker Faire Bay Area in San Mateo, California, and we’re looking for Bay Area CRAFT fans to volunteer with the CRAFT team in the MAKE/CRAFT booth. You can be a part of the Maker Corps and attend Maker Faire for FREE! Volunteer for 4 hours, […]
We had a great time in April, with concrete month! Now it’s time for “reclaimed materials.” If you’ve got resources, requests, or recommendations, please click through and leave ’em in the comments. Cheers!
Recycled Computer Wiring Dress From Tina Sparkles Welcome to May, and our celebration of projects that embrace recycling, repurposing, remaking and upcycling. Some of the most innovative projects we’ve featured here on CRAFT have been ones created with materials from recycling bins. Green crafting isn’t just good for the environment, it’s a great way to […]
The winners from Road to Maker Faire Challenge are announced! Look for the winning project next month at Maker Faire Bay Area.
For the last two weekends, the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs was filled with rock stars during Coachella. This weekend it will be packed with craft rock stars for an unbelievably cool two day craft blowout. Workshops geared towards kids and families will teach leather working, henna tattoos, how to customize shoes and t’s, underwater […]
NASA wants your help! They’re hosting the International Space Apps Challenge this weekend at locations across the globe. The international space apps competition is part of NASA’s Open Government Initiative. They’re encouraging participants to contribute to projects in four major areas: 1. Software 2. Open Hardware 3. Citizen Science 4. Data Visualization So far, there […]
Our friends and partners at MAKE have a great new contest going on right now, and if you’re a crafter with an environmentally-friendly frame of mind, you’ll want to pay close attention. Calling all remakers, upcyclers, found object artists, and refuse miracle makers! MAKE has teamed up with Schick, and we’re launching the Project Remake […]
